Riverwood Student, Graduate Win Silver Medals At Conference

SANDY SPRINGS, GA -- A Riverwood International Charter School student and a graduate recently won silver medals at the 2016 Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) National Leadership Conference.

The conference was held in San Diego in July.

Lizbeth is currently a senior at Riverwood while Wright graduated with the class of 2016.

The pair traveled to San Diego with Riverwood’s Chef Elissa Oliver to compete in the Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) event to highlight their snowball food truck business concept.

The STAR competition recognizes participants who demonstrate their knowledge of the hospitality, tourism, and recreation industries and ability to translate their knowledge into a hypothetical or real business.

Zamora’s first place finish and Wright’s second place win at the state competition in the spring earned their presence at the national competition.

Oliver, who leads the FCCLA Club at Riverwood, said she is proud of her student’s accomplishments and teaches much more than just cooking in her classes.

The funds required to attend and participate at the state and national competitions were sourced entirely through fundraising efforts.

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is a nonprofit national career and technical student organization for young men and women in public and private school through grade 12.

Its mission is to promote personal growth and leadership development through family and consumer sciences education.

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Photo 1: Lizbeth Zamora with her 1st Place Win for “Creative Garnish” that she carved with a razor blade at the FCCLA state competition.
Photo 2: From left to right are Octavious Wright, Chef Elissa Oliver and Lizbeth Zamora.
Credits: Riverwood International Charter School